JUST vs. LRE, IEM, AGT, RICA, N91, BRWM, EDIN, LWDB, IHP, and TRY
Should you be buying Just Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Just Group include Lancashire (LRE), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Ruffer Investment (RICA), Ninety One Group (N91), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), Law Debenture (LWDB), IntegraFin (IHP), and TR Property (TRY). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Lancashire (LON:LRE) and Just Group (LON:JUST) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
54.9% of Lancashire shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of Just Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Lancashire shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Just Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lancashire currently has a consensus target price of GBX 768, indicating a potential upside of 29.51%. Just Group has a consensus target price of GBX 141.67, indicating a potential upside of 38.08%. Given Lancashire's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Just Group is more favorable than Lancashire.
Lancashire has a net margin of 26.70% compared to Lancashire's net margin of 4.10%. Just Group's return on equity of 22.69% beat Lancashire's return on equity.
In the previous week, Just Group had 30 more articles in the media than Lancashire. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Just Group and 0 mentions for Lancashire. Lancashire's average media sentiment score of -0.01 beat Just Group's score of -0.68 indicating that Just Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lancashire has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Just Group. Lancashire is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Just Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lancashire received 9 more outperform votes than Just Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.24% of users gave Just Group an outperform vote while only 44.37% of users gave Lancashire an outperform vote.
Lancashire has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Just Group has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lancashire pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Just Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Lancashire pays out 1,523.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Just Group pays out 1,818.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lancashire is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Just Group beats Lancashire on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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